Improved belt-clasp



,gotten tetes stnt @frnv T. WfPOR-TER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 75,970, dated March 24, 1858.

IMPROVED BELT-CLASP.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONGERN Be it known that I, T. W. PORTER, of Boston, in the county of Su'olk, and Stute of Massachusetts, have' invented a. new and useful or Improved Belt-Clasp; nndiI do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the some, reference being had to the :iccompenying drawings, making n. part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of the clasp.

Figure'2 is a perspective view of the saine, applied to n belt, and

Figure 3 is n longitudinal vertical section of g. 2.

VSimilar letters of refele'ceindicute corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of myinvention consists in u belt-clasp, formed of a plurality of fingers, euch with a. hole or eye at one end, and n rightangled bar at the other, the fingers passing through holes in-the ends of V the belt, and the bars'on the fingers securing one end of the belt, while s. small rod inserted in the eyes of the fingers secures the opposite end of the belt. v

In the drawings, an a represent the nngers, and b b b the-bars formed upon the lingers', while A. is the rod which is inserted in the holes or eyes ofthe fingers. BB are the two-ends of the belt, to connect which' the'ingers a are iirst passed through-holes in the belt from the outer to theinner side, then through similar holes in' the other end of the belt from the inner side, when the rorl A is inserted in the eyes, as shown in fig. 2, thereby rmly uniting the endslof the belt. l

The eyes in fingers a inn'y be formed by n. hole drilled or punched in thick metal, n s sho-wn in the drawings, or by forming the fingers of suiiicient length, with o ber ut citheiboth or one ofthe ends, nntl then, by folding, producet-he eyes for rod A.

Having thus described my invention, what I clniin as new, nnd desire to secure'by Letters Patent,` is- 1. A belt-clasp, consisting of n plurality of fingers @,'cuch with n seperate bnr, and un eye, with the rod A inserted therein, substantially ns described and shown.`

"2. I claim, :is u new article of'mnnufncture, the lingers a, when constructed witlrthe bnr and -eye for rod A, when constructed substantially in the mnner ns und for the purposes specified.

' T. W. PORTER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT R. SWETT, EDM. F. BROWN. 

